Post by Mark Hartness on Dec 3, 2008 15:26:23 GMT -5

After Bear has his"procedure"He's coming down to Florida for a while to stay with friends in Sarasota. So, Stephen and I will be driving up from Venice to spend lots of time with him. He doesn't know it yet, but he's going to go swiming in the Gulf of Mexico, eat loads of foods that makes you fat, drink extra strong Margaritas and stay up late every night. By the way, we know lots off sexy people, so if he thinks he's leaving Florida a virgin, he better think again.

(Bear quickly sits down on his beautiful, fluffy tail so it doesn't get, uh, "mussed."... and hides his Virgin First Class badge...) OMG... I LOVE Margaritas! Hell, I LOVE FOOD! (I didn't get my "industrial lawn tractor" build by eating lettuce!) Now, I dunno about swimming in the Gulf. I'm more the luxuriate-under-the-beach-umbrella type. Oh, and go to bed at 9 PM. Guess I'll see how that works out!

Post by burner on Dec 4, 2008 2:17:18 GMT -5

But, I've arrived at the point when I too must "bend over and 'face' the music"... it's COLONOSCOPY time. Mine is scheduled for Dec. 4th. For everyone's entertainment and delight, I'll be posting 8X10 glossies and maybe even a You Tube link of the festivities.

How could I possibly not add my two cents to THIS thread? I've had the procedure done 3 or 4 times before and it's true: the prep is much worse than the procedure itself. And, not to make this a competion, Bear, but you're having yours done on Dec 4th.... I'm having one done two days later of the 6th. I will NOT, however, be posting any 8x10 glossies. I don't want people scrutininzing the photos for a Greyhound Bus or and Amtrak Acela pulling out of the station! I'll just have to remember to tell my doctor...as I did the last time he was preping me with a wide grin...that I don't want to feel his hands on my shoulders while he's inserting the probe.

Post by TheBear on Dec 4, 2008 16:49:08 GMT -5

COLONOSCOPY:

Well, I am back at home in my bearcave. It's quite true that the PREPARATION is farrrrr more, um, "attention getting" than the procedure. Being that one must spend more than the normal time in the bathroom, I installed a seat belt on the toilet so I didn't fall off. I figured I'd be spending last night there.

Procedure this morning at 0945 at the hospital. Install I.V. Put me to sleep. Back awake at noon. Home by 1300.

Results... didn't find any rings, watches, or jewelry of any kind. ;D

ALSO, didn't find any polyps.

Doc says I'm "slick as a whistle." ... so I guess I need to thank Carroll for the tip about using Astroglide!

Post by TheBear on Dec 4, 2008 17:55:28 GMT -5

Now Bear....I hope you know that you're fully expected to post photos of the procedure!! ;D

Seriously, I hope all goes well and everything is ok!!

(Sitting back home in his bearcave wearing clean underwear and with a towel over his recliner...)

LOL... BluePride, Burner... ALL you guys... yeah, things went exceptionally well. I was told I would feel great when I got home and I DO. I just didn't know about the, uh, "residual leakage" that continues for a while.

And Burner... GOOD FOR YOU that you are doing a follow-up procedure to 3-4 previous ones. WOW... you started when you were 12? OH... and, whew, that Greyhound Bus does get around! ;D

Post by TheBear on Dec 5, 2008 4:15:22 GMT -5

LOL!!! BluePride and ALL you guys: Thank you! Shucks, all I did was lie there and go to sleep.

I DO have to share a discovery I made. I had never met the doctor. I mean, who really wants to be best friends with someone who looks up people's butts for a living? I had been told he is a man who has been trying to retire for a long time but his patient load is so large that he keeps working. So, I figured he must be an ancient old coot like me.

WELL... here I am on "the table" surrounded by nurses and with my butt presented for "the procedure" just before they gave me the "nighty-night" juice through the I.V. tube... when the "OLD" doctor enters the room from behind me, leans over me with his face maybe six inches from mine and says, "HI, I'M TOM."

WELLLLLL... (Carroll, you might have to hold me down for this one...) the doc is a total HUNK, 50-ish (I'm 65) and he's tail-wagging gorgeous! HOT DAMN! I'm gonna schedule another "procedure" for next month!

Post by prydeguys on Dec 5, 2008 9:16:25 GMT -5

Bear, thank God you're ok. At least your doctor was cute an sexy.Mine looked like a nazi skin head storm trooper barking out orders. I just sat there hoping he wouldn't notice me. Just before I went to sleep, I think he was humming "tomorrow Belongs To Me" from "Cabaret". Trust me, I coudn't get out of there fast enough!! He had the bedside manner of an alley cat. But, at least I got a clean bill of health.

Post by TheBear on Dec 5, 2008 11:07:40 GMT -5

How could I possibly not add my two cents to THIS thread? I've had the procedure done 3 or 4 times before and it's true: the prep is much worse than the procedure itself. And, not to make this a competion, Bear, but you're having yours done on Dec 4th.... I'm having one done two days later of the 6th. I will NOT, however, be posting any 8x10 glossies. I don't want people scrutininzing the photos for a Greyhound Bus or and Amtrak Acela pulling out of the station! I'll just have to remember to tell my doctor...as I did the last time he was preping me with a wide grin...that I don't want to feel his hands on my shoulders while he's inserting the probe.

Good luck, Bear.

(Bear runs up to Burner, gives him a friendly pat on the "popo" and says...) We're definitely having a good time with this thread. And what better camaraderie can there be than two BluePride members having "The Procedure" in the same week?! ;D (Bear dabs the corner of his misty eyes...) Talk about "Fellowship!"

You'll be starting the "PREP" today (sigh,) my good man. You've done it before so it's a familiar event for you. Still, we're all wishing you a reasonably comfortable process tomorrow and a GREAT report!

Post by burner on Dec 6, 2008 17:25:56 GMT -5

You'll be starting the "PREP" today (sigh,) my good man. You've done it before so it's a familiar event for you. Still, we're all wishing you a reasonably comfortable process tomorrow and a GREAT report!

Bear

Thanks, Bear. And glad to hear your report was good. Yup. Went through the "prep" last night and could swear I had to drink all of Long Island Sound and half the Atlantic Ocean! There's gotta be an easier way to clean the Greyhound tunnel! But anyway, glad to report that the procedure is over and done with and the report came back good. Didn't find any polys, car keys, cuffs or other eye opening goodies (much to Admin's suprise, no doubt). BTW they still haven't located the missing bus either!

Post by TheBear on Dec 6, 2008 22:09:29 GMT -5

You'll be starting the "PREP" today (sigh,) my good man. You've done it before so it's a familiar event for you. Still, we're all wishing you a reasonably comfortable process tomorrow and a GREAT report!

Bear

Thanks, Bear. And glad to hear your report was good. Yup. Went through the "prep" last night and could swear I had to drink all of Long Island Sound and half the Atlantic Ocean! There's gotta be an easier way to clean the Greyhound tunnel! But anyway, glad to report that the procedure is over and done with and the report came back good. Didn't find any polys, car keys, cuffs or other eye opening goodies (much to Admin's suprise, no doubt). BTW they still haven't located the missing bus either!

..... (and all eyes turn to look at Carroll.) SOMEbody must know where that darn bus is hiding! LOL!!!

GOOD that you got a good report too, Burner! Gee... this colonoscopy thing could turn into a new BluePride, uh, "Group Activity Event!"

Post by TheBear on Dec 6, 2008 22:19:14 GMT -5

Admin, dear man, if we have a stampede of BluePride folk rushing to participate in the Great BluePride Group Colonoscopy Festival, you're gonna need a MUCH larger, uh, "scoop" shovel!OH OH OH... maybe it could be a feature on an upcoming BluePride radio show? We'll find that bus yet!